Graphics processing unit

Given my last post was in November of 2013 (trust me, I’ve been busy), I figured I’d start out with a heady topic like “Neural

Networking” in an age where Deep Machine Learning and perhaps its lesser cousin, assisted Machine Learning (I’ll define in a bit), seem to be all the rage. However, before we begin, I want to make a few things clear:

I’m no expert in these fields.

I’m musing out loud here. You’re my audience and what you determine to be salient and what you deem junk is, well, your problem, not mine.

DML/AML, Neural Networking, and a whole host of other terms, acronyms, mindf**k level events, etc. are here. Deal with it.

So with such an illustrious preface, I suppose we should let the party begin.

So, a big deal was made about a paper from some university researchers somewhere (source here) noting the efficacy of using GPGPUs for Network Analysis (obstensibly as a

correlation sieve for all the streams of information being presented). While this is a GREAT paper, it neglects a few critical points that someone who’s a bit more familiar with the platforms might pick up.

One of the more recent advancements within computing has been the application of heuristics and neural networking. Heuristics is defined as being “…an educational method in which learning takes place through discoveries that result from investigations…“ While heuristics has historically been used in such products like anti-virus software, it provides an incredible wealth of capability and technology for the COSS solution. Similarly, neural networks provide capacitive understanding of processing layers and optimizations that learn patterns based on underlying statistical data. How do these two technologies apply to COSS?

In developing the Future Storage System series, I have been trying to take a part of my excitement for storage technologies and overlay them with systems/platform technology. Typically, the storage industry lags on the platform development side of the house (mostly out of necessity). So, part of looking at the Future Storage System was to […]

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It’s always fun to bring in “extra-curricular” stuff that I do to my day job. That being said, this one is strictly outside the scope of day-to-day work. I recieved a very interesting bit of technology from nVidia that is designed to demo out their Hybrid SLI platform. What is Hybrid SLI, you […]